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Hardin County Government to begin hosting monthly blood drives

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Hardin County Government will begin offering the Hardin County Government Building as a monthly site for American Red Cross Blood Drives.

Hardin County Government Communications Officer Brian Walker said hosting the blood drives is an opportunity for the county to help bring the community together in support of a cause that impacts everybody’s lives directly or indirectly.

“It was, to me, kind of an obvious thing to use our public space at the County Government Building to bring in the Red Cross at whatever kind of schedule they would like, whatever would work for them, and it looks like we’re going to be able to do blood drives once a month,” Walker said.

The first monthly blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on September 21 on the third flood of the county building. The drives come at a time when the Red Cross has declared a national blood supply crisis.

“It waxes and wanes,” Walker said. “Sometimes things get us in a situation where people are well aware of how bad things are and that we need to donate blood, and then sometimes I think it just kind of slips from people’s minds. I’m not sure exactly what’s driving the lack of donations right now and what’s causing the shortage, but anything we can do can help.”

Schedule an appointment or find more information at www.redcrossblood.org.

‘Cat in the Hat’ social media trend has school districts and law enforcement investigating

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Area school districts are reaching out to families and community members regarding a social media trend that shows threatening imagery involving the Dr. Seuss character the Cat in the Hat.

“Over the last few days, our administrators and law enforcement have taken much time investigating posts that have been on social media of the Cat in the Hat theme,” said Hardin County Schools Superintendent Terrie Morgan said in a video shared by the district. “While there have been no threats, it certainly is concerning, and a distraction to our environment, which is: we want the best academic environment, learning environment, and safe environment for our students.”

The trend involves AI-edited videos which show a seemingly threatening version of the character in front of targeted school buildings. While the videos pose no credible threat, administrators are concerned with the distraction caused by the videos.

Elizabethtown Police Chief Jeremy Thompson said in the HCS video that threats against schools are taken very seriously.

“If you are in a school and you see videos like that, please make sure you bring it to the attention of faculty or staff, find an SRO, find some type of adult that you can report it to so that we can then take over the investigative role and make sure that our schools and all of our resources are dedicated to finding out who’s responsible for this,” Thompson said.

Morgan said individuals caught making such videos “will face severe consequences.”

Hardin County Sheriff’s Office investigating fatal collision on Joe Prather Highway

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A collision on Joe Prather Highway Wednesday closed the roadway for several hours and resulted in a fatality.

“At approximately 2:18 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a reported collision on the Joe Prather Highway just north of KY 251,” said Hardin County Sheriff John Ward.

Ward said the collision involved a semi tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle.

“I’m sad to report it was a fatal accident,” Ward said. “One person was deceased, and there was also a hazardous chemical spill as a result of the accident. That was due to diesel fuel leaking from the diesel tank of the tractor-trailer.”

Joe Prather Highway was closed for approximately three hours after the collision. The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office’s Accident Reconstruction Unit is investigating, and more information will be released as it becomes available.